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UNITED STATES i PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES D. SILLEOK, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR'TO JOHN BOYLE rh CO., OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

MAIL R EXPRESS BAG;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,404, dated ,Tune 2, 1891.

Application filed February 10,1891. Serial No. 380,975. (No model.)

' State of New York, a citizen 'of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mail and Express Bags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved mail andexpress bag which is specially designed to ship silver coins and similar articles by express, it being readily closed by means of a seal or padlock and prevented from opening by the same; and the invention consists -of a mail and express bag the mouth of which is provided with a re-enforcing leather or other band provided with slots, the end slots having grommets, and of a detachable locking piece or tongue that is provided at one end with a D-ring and at the other end with an opening, said locking piece or tongue being inserted through the slots of the foldedup mouth of the bag and locked to a fixed staple below one of the end grommets by means of a lead seal or a padlock.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a perspective View of my improved mail and express bag, showing the same in open position. Figs. 2 and 3 are top views of two slightly-varying locking pieces or tongues that are inserted through the slots of the mouth of the bag for closing the same, and Fig.v 4t is a vertical transverse section of the bag shown as closed and ready for shipment.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding'parts. Referring to the drawings, A represents a mail or express bag of canvas or other suitable fabric, which is re-enforced at the mouth by means of a leather band a, which is attached thereto by longitudinal lines of stitches and provided with slots b', that are cut into the re-enforcing band and the fabric, the end slots being reenforced by grommets h', as shown clearly`in Figs. 1 and Il. A detachable locking piece or. tongue B, that is made of sheet-brass or other suitablev material, is provided at one end with a D-ring B', said tongue being preferably made of a strip of sheet metal which is doubled up around the D-ring and riveted together. The opposite end of the locking piece or tongue is provided with an opening d, through which'a wire c is passed in case the bag is sealed, 1n which case the opening d is made simply 55 large enough for passing the wire through the same, asshown in Fig. 2, while when a padlock is used for closing the bag the opening d is made larger and re-enforced byasuitable grommet e, as shown in Fig. 3.

IVhen the bag A is to be closed for sh1pment, the locking piece or tongue B is passed through the slots h in the mouth of the bag, the upper part of the same being first folded together in such a manner that the lslots are in line with each other, while the end slots, which are re-enforced by the grommets, are at the outermost folds of the same. Below one of the grommeted slots b is arranged a xed staple f, that is attached to the re-en- 7o forcing band a and the bag, which serves 1n connection with the apertured end of the locking piece or tongue B to lock the bag by passing either sealing-wire or the bail of a padlock through the aperture of the tongue and the fixed staple. p

Before applying the wire seal or the padlock the locking piece or tongue B is passed through all the slots, so that the D-ring B abuts` against one end of the bag, while the locking device retains the locking-piece B at the opposite end of the same, by which the bag is firmly and reliably held in closed and locked position for shipment. v

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A mail and express bag provided at its mouth with a re-enforcing band and slots in said bag and bands, a detachable locking piece or tongue passed through the slots of the re-enforced mouth and provided withaD- ring at one end and an aperture inthe other,

a staple attached to the bag below one of said slots, and a locking device adapted to be passed through the apertured end of the tongue and the staple, substantially as set forth.

2. A mail and express bag provided at its mouth with a re-enforcing band, said mouth 10o and re-enforeing band being provided with device through the aperture and the staple, slots at suitable distances from each other, substantially as set forth. the slots at opposite ends of the bag being In testimony that I claim the foregoing as provided with re-enforcing grommets, a fixed my invention I have signed my name in pres- 5 staple attached to the bag below one oi the ence of two subscribing witnesses.

grommeted slots, and a detachable flat ocki f ing piece or tongue that is passed through CHARLES D SILLEU" the slots of the folded-up bag and provided Witnesses: at one end with a D-ring and at the opposite PAUL GOEPEL,

Io end with an aperture for passing the locking CHARLES SCHROEDER. 

